Intervention With General Practitioners to Improve Women's Participation in Cervical Cancer Screening (INDIGO)

April 9, 2026 updated by: Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil

In France, cervical cancer is the 12th most common female cancer with nearly 3,000 new cases per year.

Since 2018, a national Organized Cervical Cancer Screening program (DOCCU) has been set up and concerns all asymptomatic women aged 25 to 65.

This program, managed by the Regional Cancer Screening Coordination Centers (CRCDC), invites women who have not taken a sample within the recommended time frame to consult for screening. However, only 59% of patients participated.

The intervention of the general practitioner, an essential player in prevention, could allow for better awareness.

The objective of the INDIGO study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention of a general practitioner on the participation rate in the DOCCU of patients who are not up to date with their screening.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This is a cluster-randomized trial. Randomization will be performed at the GP practice level to limit the potential contamination bias between doctors within the same practice. GP practices will be randomized either to the 'usual practice' arm or the 'intervention' arm."

If they are in the "intervention" group, they or one of the professionals in their team will contact the patient (phone call, SMS, email, etc.), to encourage her to make an appointment to carry out the screening. Contact arrangements are left to the discretion of each general practitioner..

If they are in the "Usual practice" group, they will use their usual practices to encourage screening.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

11200

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • France
      • Créteil, France
        • Recruiting
        • Médecins généralistes dans le bassin de l'UPEC
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Woman aged 25 to 65 living in Ile-De-France
  • Eligible for DOCCU (not hysterectomized, not followed for a pre-cancerous or cancerous lesion of the cervix)
  • Having declared the investigating general practitioner as a treating physician (MT) and whose MT practices in the territory of a CPTS in the UPEC area
  • Affiliate to a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient already included in a study on DOCCU
  • Patient excluded from organized screening (cervical cancer, hysterectomy).
  • Patient's opposition to participating in the study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: usual practice
the doctor will use their usual practices to encourage screening.
Experimental: Intervention
the general practitioner or one of the professionals on their team will contact the patient (phone call, SMS, email, etc.), to encourage them to make an appointment to carry out the screening
Other: participation of the general practitioner
participation of the general practitioner in encouraging cervical cancer screening

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
screening participation rate
Time Frame: 12 month
percentage of patients who had a screening Cervical Sample (cytology or HPV test within a timeframe satisfying the HAS recommendations according to age) among patients eligible for screening aged 25 to 65 years
12 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 21, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

August 1, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 20, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 25, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

July 30, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 14, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 9, 2026

Last Verified

March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • INDIGO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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